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chapter 8
Africa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mt Kilimanjaro | Africa's highest peak |
| Strait of Gilbaltra | separates Africa from Europe |
| Suez canal | divide Africa from Asia |
| Madagascar | forth largest island |
| Ethiopian eunuch | the first recorded African Christian |
| Fremuntius | an early leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
| King Lalibela | king who had ten churches carved from solid rock |
| Athanasius the great | one of the greatest leaders in church history, he boldly proclaimed the Jesus is God |
| Aesop | Greek slave who wrote famous fables |
| James Bruce | first European explorer of Africa |
| Mungo Park | explored the Niger river |
| Robert Moffat | another one of the first missionaries to Africa |
| David Livingstone | one of the most famous explorers in history |
| Henry Stanley | the guy who found David Livingstone |
| Khama | son of a fierce chief |
| Samuel Crowther | first black bishop the church of England had ever had |
| Mary Slessor | Queen of the Cannibals |
| Africa | the second largest continent |
| Strait of Gilbaltra | narrow waterway separates Africa from Europe |
| suez canal | man made waterway that seperates Africa from Asia |
| Madagascar | the forth largest country |
| Congo River | the worlds second largest river in water volume |
| Scotland | country that led the way of exploration and evangelist of Africa |
| Africa | the dark continent |
| Land of Cush | the greatest ancient civilization of Africa's interior |
| Ethiopian eunuch | first and greatest Christian Kingdom of Africa |
| Timbuktu | city famous for a center of learning in the Mali Empire |
| Kalahari desert | largest desert region in Africa |
| Victoria falls | largest waterfall |
| Liberia | Africa;s first black republic |